Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. John Wall:

I am not suggesting the committee should do that, by the way. What we are talking about here are medical, ethical and moral issues. If we stray too far down the road of what God people believe in and religious beliefs, whatever they may be, and I respect them all, we get bogged down in the procedural abyss I referred to earlier.

While our beliefs are important in our personal lives, the conversation for the most part in what we are discussing here is just a step above this. It is our personal beliefs and it is about choice.